Saturday's Notebook

May 11, 1986

Milwaukee third-base coach Tony Muser, still recovering from severe burns sustained in a gas explosion during spring training, rejoined the Brewers for the first time since his near-fatal accident. ''It's nice to get back to baseball,'' a smiling Muser said before the Brewers' game with the California Angels. ''It's an emotional thing. During the national anthem, I'm going to shed a few tears.'' Muser, 38, was injured along with Milwaukee catcher Bill Schroeder and pitcher Bill Wegman Feb. 27 at the Brewers' new facility in Chandler, Ariz. The explosion occurred after natural gas was trapped in the ceiling above the clubhouse. Muser, who was dressed only from the waist down, was grabbing for a T-shirt in his locker at the time and got the worst of it. He sustained deep second-degree burns and some third-degree burns on his upper body and a number of first-degree burns on his face and upper chest.